Sleep
What is the name of our 24-hour sleep-wake cycle?
circadian rhythm
What is the name of the stage in which we dream?
REM phase
What is the name of the class of drugs that arouses the sympathetic nervous system and suppresses appetite?
stimulants
Which of the following has enabled psychologists to learn the most about sleep processes over the last 50 years?
A) lesions
B) CT scans
C) MRI
D) EEG
E) PET
D) EEG
What is sleep paralysis?
not able to move during REM phase
Name the stage in which sleep spindles occur.
Stage 2.
In which stage do nightmares occur?
REM sleep
What is the major active ingredient of marijuana?
THC
Drugs that mimic neurotransmitters are called
A) agonists
B) antagonists
C) withdrawal
D) tolerance
E) dependence
A) agonists
A person who falls asleep in the middle of a heated argument most likely suffers from...
narcolepsy.
Name the phenomenon in which a person who is deprived of REM sleep increases the amount of time spent in REM sleep at the first opportunity to sleep.
REM rebound
According to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream is called its...
latent content
The condition in which increasing amounts of a physically addictive drug are needed to produce the original desired effect.
Tolerance
Which level of consciousness controls involuntary body processes (for example, your heart rate)?
A) preconscious level
B) subconscious level
C) unconscious level
D) automatic level
E) nonconscious level
E) nonconscious level
Name two common themes in near-death experiences.
tunnels, lights, replays of past emotional events, out-of-body experiences
Night terrors occur in which stage?
stage 4
The theory that dreams are your brain's attempt to make sense of random neuronal firing is called?
activation-synthesis theory
What is a widely used stimulant that is inhaled?
nicotine
Which gland produces melatonin?
A) pituitary
B) adrenal
C) master
D) pineal
E) parasympathetic
D) pineal
A state of heightened suggestibility
hypnosis
Another word for sleepwalking.
somnambulism
Name the two people who "invented" the activation-synthesis theory.
Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley
The neurotransmitter whose reuptake is blocked by cocaine is called...
dopamine.
Cocaine is in the same class as which of the following drugs?
A) alcohol
B) ecstasy
C) nicotine
D) LSD
E) marijuana
C) nicotine
Name a pleasurable and negative effect of alcohol.
pleasurable: initial high followed by relaxation and disinhibition
negative: depression, memory loss, organ damage, impaired reactions